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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8.595,186 B1
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`(54) SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR BUILDING AND
`DELIVERING MOBILE WIDGETS
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`(75) Inventors: Srinivas Mandyam, San Jose, CA (US);
`Krishna Vedati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
`Kelvin Voon-Kit Chong, San Jose, CA
`(US)
`(73) Assignee: Plusmo LLC, Glendale, CA (US)
`(*) Notice:
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 1190 days.
`(21) Appl. No.: 12/135,089
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`(22) Filed:
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`Jun. 6, 2008
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`Related U.S. Application Data
`(60) Provisional application No. 60/942,406, filed on Jun.
`6, 2007.
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`(2006.01)
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`G06F I7/00
`G06F 9/445
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`USPC ............ 707/632; 707/733; 707/912; 717/178
`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC ......... 707/617, 623,628,632, 633, 731 734,
`707/912, 178
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`Primary Examiner — James E. Richardson
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Kilpatrick Townsend &
`Stockton LLP
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`Systems and methods are provided for creating, publishing,
`sharing, and delivering mobile Software applications called
`“mobile widgets' onto mobile devices. A system may include
`functionality to render a declaratory component of a widget,
`Such as HTML, and also functionality to execute an impera
`tive component of a widget, which may or may not be com
`piled and/or in a scripting or functional language. Mecha
`nisms for providing common access to disparate device
`capabilities APIs are also provided, as are mechanisms for
`installing widgets onto mobile devices and managing those
`widgets.
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`SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR BUILDING AND
`DELIVERING MOBILE WIDGETS
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional
`Patent Application No. 60/942,406, filed Jun. 6, 2007, the
`entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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`BACKGROUND
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`1. Field
`The present disclosure relates to applications and user
`interfaces for mobile computing devices, and particularly to
`methods and systems for creating, publishing, sharing, and
`delivering mobile software applications.
`2. Description of the Related Art
`Cell phone data usage is on the rise. Phones may support
`the wireless application protocol (WAP), an international
`standard for applications that use wireless communication
`from mobile phones. Mobile data applications include SMS
`and the WAP browser, an Internet browser for accessing
`mobile web sites. Interactive and specialized kinds of appli
`cations are also in use.
`Mobile usage patterns are different from desktop usage.
`Users may be on the move, in a movie line, on public trans
`portation, or in a coffee shop and may have very short atten
`tion spans and may be in situations where it is very hard to
`type. Such a user may launch the browser and waits for the
`results. By the time the results are delivered to the mobile
`device, the user may have moved on to another task.
`Further, mobile devices may have diverse non-standard
`feature sets and user interfaces. Phone manufacturer has a
`different way of presenting the user interface on the mobile
`device. Menus may be unique to a particular device, and users
`may have to learn where the application modules are and how
`to perform device setup. At any given time, there may be
`multiple mobile models supported by multiple mobile opera
`tors with diverse physical layouts, including QWERTY key
`boards, keypads, thumb wheels, joy sticks, styluses, roller
`balls, etc.
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`gramming interface for the widget applications to access a
`common device capability of the mobile devices.
`A method for executing a widget Software application is
`provided. The method includes rendering a declaratory
`markup language component of the widget application,
`executing a compiled programming language component of
`the widget application, and automatically downloading wid
`get applications or descriptions of widget applications from a
`network location to the mobile device without receiving user
`instructions for said widget applications. Executing the com
`piled programming language component includes making
`available to the widget application an API to access a device
`service of the mobile device.
`A Software widget application is provided and configured
`for installation and execution on a mobile device. The appli
`cation includes code written in a declaratory markup lan
`guage and code Written in a programming language, where
`the code written in a scripting language contains a call to an
`API accessing a device service of the mobile device.
`An application is provided including a software widget
`configured, when compiled, to be installed and run on a
`plurality of different mobile devices, each device having an
`operating system that runs software applications written in a
`programming language that is different than programming
`languages Supported by the operating systems of the other
`devices, wherein the devices have a common device service,
`the devices having different device services APIs for access
`ing the device service, the widget being configured to access
`the device service only through a single API distinct from
`each of the device services APIs.
`A method for creating a mobile Software widget applica
`tion is provided. The method includes accessing a first section
`of code written in a declaratory markup language, accessing
`a second section of code written in a programming language,
`compiling the second section of code to produce a compiled
`section, packaging the first section of code and the compiled
`section to produce a mobile widget application configured to
`be installed onto a mobile computing device so that a user of
`the device can repeatedly select, run, and terminate the widget
`application.
`A widget application distribution system is provided. The
`system includes a server adapted to transmit a software wid
`get application to a plurality of mobile devices of different
`types for installation thereupon, wherein each mobile device
`type includes a distinct API to a mobile device service that is
`common to all of the mobile device types, a software widget
`application stored on the server, the widget application com
`prising a first component including programming language
`code and a second component including declaratory markup
`language. The widget application is configured to utilize the
`mobile device service without directly accessing any of the
`distinct APIs.
`A widget application distribution system is provided,
`where the system includes a server having gallery of widget
`Software applications, the server configured to allow users of
`mobile computing devices to browse the gallery of widget
`applications from the mobile devices, each of the widget
`applications configured to be installed onto one of the mobile
`devices, the server configured to receive requests for down
`loading selected ones of the widget applications from the
`mobile devices, the server configured to respond to a request
`to download a widget application by electronically sending
`the widget application to be downloaded and installed to the
`mobile device that sent the request to the server.
`A method for synchronizing information with a mobile
`device is provided, including maintaining a first version of the
`information on an electronic storage, the information com
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`A system is provided for executing a widget application
`installed on a mobile device, including a declaratory markup
`language renderer for rendering a declaratory markup lan
`guage component of a widget application on a display of the
`mobile device, a compiled programming language execution
`engine for executing a compiled programming language
`component of a widget application installed on the mobile
`device, a mobile device API, adapted to be accessible to a
`widget application, and providing access to a device service
`API of the mobile device, and a widget manager configured to
`automatically download widget applications or descriptions
`of widget applications from a network location to the mobile
`device, without receiving user instructions for said widget
`applications.
`Software is provided which includes a plurality of different
`widget-executing engines for executing Software widget
`applications installed on a plurality of different types of
`mobile devices, where each of the mobile device types is
`adapted to run Software applications written in a program
`ming language that is distinct from programming languages
`supported by the other mobile device types, and all of the
`widge